CHAPTER I
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I.4. Socio-economic vulnerability
Is a component which assesses the vulnerability of coastal communities based on their level of
social and economic development. It takes into account various social and economic factors
that influence the vulnerability of coastal communities to the impacts of coastal hazards and
climate change. These factors may include population density, poverty rates, income levels,
education levels, and access to basic services such as healthcare, sanitation, and clean water. In
our study we chose six variables which are (population, cultural heritage, roads, railways, land
use and conservation status (McLaughlin et al., 2010).
I.4.1. Population
In the context of demographics, population refers to the total number of people living in a
specific geographic area, such as a country, city, or region. It includes individuals of all ages,
genders, and backgrounds within that defined area (WHO).
I.4.2. Cultural heritage
Includes artefacts, monuments, a group of buildings and sites, museums that have a diversity
of values including symbolic, historic, artistic, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological,
scientific and social significance. It includes tangible heritage (movable, immobile and
underwater), intangible cultural heritage embedded into cultural, and natural heritage artefacts,
sites or monuments. It covers industrial heritage and cave paintings. (UNESCO, 2009).
I.4.3. Land use
Areas, or residential areas. s characterized by the arrangements, activities, and inputs people
undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it. Natural scientists define
land use in terms of syndromes of human activities such as agriculture, forestry and building
construction that alter land surface processes including biogeochemistry, hydrology, and
biodiversity. (Nedd, 2021).
I.5. GIS using in coastal vulnerability assessment
Since vulnerability is affected by a diverse range of parameters, it is common for geographic
information systems (GIS) to be used as a vehicle for integration of data and the creation of
indices that express their combined effect (Thumerer et al., 2000; Bryan et al., 2001).
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I.4. Socio-economic vulnerability
Is a component which assesses the vulnerability of coastal communities based on their level of
social and economic development. It takes into account various social and economic factors
that influence the vulnerability of coastal communities to the impacts of coastal hazards and
climate change. These factors may include population density, poverty rates, income levels,
education levels, and access to basic services such as healthcare, sanitation, and clean water. In
our study we chose six variables which are (population, cultural heritage, roads, railways, land
use and conservation status (McLaughlin et al., 2010).
I.4.1. Population
In the context of demographics, population refers to the total number of people living in a
specific geographic area, such as a country, city, or region. It includes individuals of all ages,
genders, and backgrounds within that defined area (WHO).
I.4.2. Cultural heritage
Includes artefacts, monuments, a group of buildings and sites, museums that have a diversity
of values including symbolic, historic, artistic, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological,
scientific and social significance. It includes tangible heritage (movable, immobile and
underwater), intangible cultural heritage embedded into cultural, and natural heritage artefacts,
sites or monuments. It covers industrial heritage and cave paintings. (UNESCO, 2009).
I.4.3. Land use
Areas, or residential areas. s characterized by the arrangements, activities, and inputs people
undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it. Natural scientists define
land use in terms of syndromes of human activities such as agriculture, forestry and building
construction that alter land surface processes including biogeochemistry, hydrology, and
biodiversity. (Nedd, 2021).
I.5. GIS using in coastal vulnerability assessment
Since vulnerability is affected by a diverse range of parameters, it is common for geographic
information systems (GIS) to be used as a vehicle for integration of data and the creation of
indices that express their combined effect (Thumerer et al., 2000; Bryan et al., 2001).